Now is the time Dundee!
Welcome to BRO AD CAS T!
A new chapter for Dundee For Christ
and the church in Dundee with the
launch of a magazine specifically
for Christians in our City of Discovery!
Did you realise that Christians make
up the largest unified group of
people in the City with some 25,000+
people affiliating themselves to the
Christian faith*?
This magazine is published by Dundee For Christ; a local
charitable Christian company that has attracted over 12,000
people to its events to hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ since
its launch in 2003. Our objectives are to work alongside the
Church in Dundee to bring this City to know and love our
Lord Jesus Christ!
We want this to be a magazine that captures what is going
on within the church in Dundee and ask you to send us
your views, opinions and general feedback! Do you have
events and goings on that you want to share with the wider
church? Please tell us so that we can tell others!
The success of this magazine will depend to a large extent
on church goers in Dundee helping distribute the magazine
throughout your church congregation, friends and family.
Can you help do this? Please get in touch! The magazine
will be published every four months with a print run of 5000
copies each time. 700 will be mailed directly to those on the
Dundee For Christ mailing list and the remaining 4300 made
available to 100 churches in Dundee to hand out to your
congregation. If you would like a copy mailed directly
to your door in future then please let us know! (See our
contact details on page 5)
B R OA DC A ST is another bold step of faith for Dundee
For Christ and we would be greatly encouraged to receive
both individual and church donations to help run both this
ministry and fund the printing costs of this magazine.
We believe that this is a very exciting time for the church in
Dundee! Now is the time for this City; heralded as a Gift from
God in our City crest; to recognise that everything we have
comes from Him, The King of Kings and that we are each
called for such a time as this to Win This City for His Name’s
Sake and His Glory!
We hope you enjoy the read. God Bless.

Ian Black, Ministry Leader, Dundee For Christ

(*data from Church of Scotland Dundee Presbytery and Dundee For Christ sources)

Ministry
Presentations
Dundee For Christ have
recently made presentations
to Chalmers Ardler COS,
Menzieshill COS, Broughty
Churches Group and
Anstruther Baptist Church.
We would be delighted to
come to your church, too!
Please contact D4C to
arrange a suitable time.
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for every D4C event!
That’s an immediate
saving of around £20
before Christmas
2007 on Graham
Kendrick Concert
and The Reel Fling
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‘two bibles every second!’
The Gideons
distribute
two Bibles
every second
somewhere
in the world!

The Gideon Dundee branch are looking for partners
in our mission to place the Word of God in hospitals,
schools, residences and throughout our community.
Gideon Dundee branch and Dundee For Christ
are hosting an open information evening at the
Coffee Exchange, 20a exchange Street, Dundee

on Tuesday 11th September from 7pm – 8.30pm
Why not come along to find out more
about the Gideons?
Coffee, tea and refreshments will be provided

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DUNDEEFORCHRIST

“Dundee is best known for its three J’s: Jute, Jam
and Journalism. I feel excited when local people
are so passionate about the spiritual and social welfare
of their community that it spills out in ideas such as
Dundee for Christ, where the goal is to add a fourth
J for Jesus! I urge you to support and participate
in this incredible ministry.”
Tony Anthony, International Evangelist and Best Selling Author

Letters to B R O A D CA S T
“Everyone at MAF will support D4C both spiritually and practically
as we in partnership with them to enable the gospel to be
preached both in word and in deed in and around Dundee.
We encourage everyone in Dundee who knows and loves the
Lord to support all the D4C team in this vital life changing work.
Blessings!”
Andy Martin, Volunteer’s Manager for MAF
“The pursuit of unity across the churches in the Dundee area
through Dundee for Christ will undoubtedly reap great fruit
for the kingdom and for the area. Through learning from and
blessing each other, churches supporting Dundee for Christ
are releasing the commanded blessing of God upon the
area which will transform and restore many lives.”
Fiona Marks, Alpha Scotland Director
“By celebrating what God is doing in our City and
beyond, Dundee for Christ is a valuable tool for
informing, equipping and motivating the saints!
Dundee for Christ works hard to bring many
churches together and we are convinced that
as it works for unity that God will command a
blessing in the midst of what they do”.
Nicola Reed, Alternatives

“Great to hear that
things are going so
well there with you!
It sounds like there is
exciting stuff ahead!
All the best”

Cameron Stout

We want to hear from you!
Please send in your letters
to the Editor to our postal
address Dundee For Christ,
c/o The Steeple Church,
Nethergate, Dundee
DD1 4DG or by email to
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FEATURE

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Juan Sara if fondly remembered (perhaps less so if you are an Arab!)
as Dundee’s top scorer from 2000-02. Indeed in 2001 he was the
Premier League’s second highest scorer after Henrick Larsson.
Juan was someone who was never afraid to proclaim the good
news of Jesus. Today Juan is living in Italy and BROADCAST
caught up with him to find out how God is using his skills and gifts.

“As you
remember
from my time
in Dundee my
relationship
with Jesus is
very important
to me.”

“First of all, I would like to say “hello” to the people of Dundee as
we had such a great time there. My wife and I really miss Dundee
and we hope one day come back and maybe play again for
Dundee FC.
I am currently playing for Gallipoli Calcio in the Serie C1 in Italy,
after a fantastic season in Switzerland where I scored 24 goals in
one season, three of them in UEFA Cup. Gallipoli is in the south
coast of Italy and is a small city with 30,000 inhabitants but in
summer time increases to 200,000.
We as a family attend a small church in the city of Maglie, as
there are just a few Evangelical Churches in this region of Italy
because Catholicism is very strong here.
My wife Karina and I have two children, the older is Valentino
who is 3 years old. The youngest is Kenson a baby who we are
adopting from Haiti and is supposed to be with us very soon.”

Juan Sara
“I would like also to send
our love to our congregation
in Dundee, Central Baptist
Church as they were such
blessing to us in our
time in Scotland.”

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Worship

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Worship leader and evangelist Tré Sheppard has
kindly agreed to come to Dundee to speak at this
year’s “Sing Like The Saved” event. The night is
certain to be a fantastic time of worshipping the
King of Kings with energy and passion!

Tré Sheppard
Tré is lead singer with the
band “Onehundredhours”.
The last several years have
seen the band rise to great
acclaim in the Christian
worship arena. They have
signed with Matt Redman’s
Soul Survivor music label
and toured all over Europe,
North America, South Africa,
India and Australia.
Graham Kendrick
told BROADCAST :
“Tré is a very gifted guy with
an unusually wide range
of abilities, and passionate
about the Christian faith.
He has a very active and
creative brain, and is a
challenging speaker able
to bring fresh thinking and
motivation, especially to
his own generation.”

Tré told us a little about
himself:
“Well, I’m from the southern
part of the US, but I’ve lived
in the UK since 1993 and
currently live by the sea in
Northern Ireland with my
wife, Tori, and my two kids.
“I head up EngageHIVAIDS,
an HIV/AIDS activist
organisation working
to serve the many
suffering from the impact
of HIV/AIDS, particularly in
Sub-Saharan Africa. I also
work with Avalon Guitars
as a product specialist
and I speak and
teach at various things
internationally.

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Bookreview

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Dawkins Letters Review
Did you know that a book from Dundee
was for a time earlier this year the fastest
selling Christian book in Britain?
Local author David Robertson gives his story.

DAWKINS LETTERS
“No preacher or
church leader should be
without this remarkable
book. Arch-atheist
Professor Richard
Dawkins is campaigning
to banish religion in
general and Christianity
in particular from our
schools, government
and all significant
areas of public life.
David Robertson has
written a brief, brilliant
and compelling rebuff
to Dawkins’ latest book,
‘The God Delusion’.
It is a remarkable
apologetic for the
Christian faith and an
essential tool in winning
the battle of ideas.
I’d give it ten [out of 5]
stars if I could!”
Richard Morris,
WesleyOwen
Rating 5/5

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“The success of The Dawkins
Letters was a surprise for
everyone concerned, not
least of all publishers Christian
Focus Publications, who found
that they had run out of the
book before it was even
officially launched!
“As the author, of course
I have been thrilled by this,
but I long for so much more
to happen. My book was not
primarily intended to reassure
the Christian community,
but rather to engage the
vast majority of people who
are not yet Christians. The fact
that we have been in any way
in able to do this is entirely
due to the grace of God
and to the fact that he has
placed me within the Christian
community of Dundee.

This book was born from
my experience within that
community. We do not live
in isolation, we do not do
evangelism in isolation and
I do not write about theory.
My writing has come out of my
experience in such joint events
as the Da Vinci debate in the
DCA, dialogue with the Islamic
society and the Christian
union in the University, arguing
for the Christian position in
The Courier and in other
interaction in many ways
with my Christian brothers and
sisters here in the church in
Dundee. Many many thanks!

David hosts the discussion
at Borders bookstore.

“Please make use of this
opportunity and buy a copy of
the book to give to your friends,
give thanks that wherever the
Dawkins book is sold then a
Christian response is being sold
beside it, and please continue
to support both the secular
and Christian bookshops which
stock The Dawkins Letters, and
let them know that there really
is a place for the Christian
worldview within the secular
marketplace.”
A message from David A. Robertson
St Peters Free Church
Author of The Dawkins Letters

Besides “The Da Vinci Code,” few books have
sparked as much publicity and controversy
about Christianity in recent years than Richard
Dawkins’ “The God Delusion”. Tired of waiting
for an intelligent Christian response to Dawkins’
attacks on theism, Dundee minister David
Robertson wrote an open letter to Richard
Dawkins on his church website. It later found
its way onto Dawkins’ own website, where
it generated the largest response of any
posting before or since.
The ferocity of the responses to that original
letter, and the shallowness of thinking that it
exhibited, spurred David to write this book.
It reads like a series of open letters addressing
atheist myths so widely accepted in popular
culture. Robertson believes Christians need to
know where Dawkins is weak - and where we
need to explain things better!
David Robertson is an experienced debater,
letter writer, pastor and author. He carries the
office of revivalist Robert Murray McCheyne as
minister of St. Peter’s Free Church in Dundee.
David’s book is available from
www.christianfocus.com and www.amazon.co.uk

Competition
To win one of three signed copied of the Dawkins Letters just answer the following question.
Which famous author and preacher recently spoke at St Peters Church?
1. John Stott
2. RT Kendall
3. Philip Yance
Answers on a postcard to Dawkins Letters Competition at D4C, c/o The Steeple, Nethergate, Dundee DD1 4DG
or email dawkinsletters@dundeeforchrist.com

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INTERVIEW

DUNDEEFORCHRIST

Graham will be in concert at the Caird Hall
Friday 21st September for a night of worship and music.
We asked him a few questions about what life is like for
one of the world’s most prolific Christian songwriters.

Graham Kendrick

“Those who
wait for perfect
conditions
may never get
anything done”

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See Graham
in concert at the
Caird Hall on Friday
21st September
Graham: “I’m not a great
Graham Kendrick
one for choosing favourites,
songs & hymns are
but in the singer-songwriter
sung by millions of
genre I grew up with it is hard to people in numerous
beat ‘Vincent’ by Don McLean. languages around
the world.
It was one of those songs that,
This is a amazing
when it came on the radio
everybody stopped what they opportunity to see
the singer songwriter
were doing, gathered round
in concert in
and just listened.
Dundee!
The song people comment
Tickets priced
on most from the Out of The
£10 & £7 concession
for children, students
Ordinary album is ‘Crucified
& OAPs are on sale
Man,’ which is very much a
NOW from the
solo performance song in my
Caird Hall Box Office,
original acoustic ‘troubadour’
Tel 01382 434941,
style. Perhaps a whole album
CLC and
of these kind of songs will
WesleyOwen
eventually emerge!
bookshops and at
puratickets.com

BROADCAST : Hi Graham,

BROADCAST : Can we expect

BROADCAST : You’ve obviously

BROADCAST : Good point.

great that you are coming
to Dundee! What are you up
to just now?

a concert or a worship service
at your Dundee event?

travelled a lot. Have you
witnessed any signs of revival
in far-flung places?

One final question:
Favourite song?

Graham: “I continue to be
highly motivated to write
songs, and there is always
the desire to come up with
something really special.
I am writing and recording
a collection of Christmas songs,
and have enjoyed the breadth
of creative possibilities that the
season and the story inspire.
Actually, I am especially
enjoying writing in my
original ‘singer-songwriter’
style even more than writing
for church worship.
People seem to appreciate it,
perhaps because there are
so many worship songs around
today, and it allows for more
adventurous writing.”

Graham: “The event will be a
blend of both participation and
concert, which is something
I find works very well.
Although the song-list may
be similar, every night is unique,
and I never quite know how it
will turn out, especially as I am
blessed with such a talented
and creative band.”
BROADCAST : What do you

think of Dundee?
Graham: “I have been to
Dundee, but I travel so much
and usually only see the inside
of venues, so I can’t claim to
know it at all. However,
I understand that it is the best
City in Scotland if not indeed
the whole world!”

Graham: “This year I have
travelled to the USA, New
Zealand, Egypt, France,
South Africa and various places
in the UK, and last year even
included Mongolia and China.
I have not had the experience
of visiting what you might
call revival hot-spots, though
there were plenty of reports of
unusual happenings in such
places as Mongolia.
However, I regularly witness
God powerfully at work as
Christians get on with sharing
their faith and serving the poor
in whatever circumstances they
find themselves. Those who wait
for perfect conditions, may
never get anything done.”

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KEYPARTNER

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D4C & MAF
Collaboration

Growing Teamwork between
Dundee For Christ and
Mission Aviation Fellowship

In promoting collaborative work that focuses on
what unites us as Christians rather than what divides,
D4C partners with churches and other Christian
ministries at both local and national levels.
The partnership that D4C has established with MAF
has been a particular blessing! If people are going
to be reached with the Gospel, it has got to be
a collective effort. Sharing ideas on promotion,
fundraising, event management and more through
regular meetings with Andy Martin has seen the
relationship develop. And we are both keen to
see this partnership flourish in years to come!

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TESTIMONY

DUNDEEFORCHRIST

In the second of our football feature articles we catch
up with former Dundee FC goalkeeper Julian Speroni.
Julian was a revelation at Dens Park making over 100
appearances for the club including a Scottish Cup final
appearance with the club before moving to newly
promoted premiership side Crystal Palace in 2004.
BROADCAST caught up with Julian and asked how
he became a Christian.

julian speroni
About seven years ago I was
in my native country Argentina
and going through a very
hard time in my career. I was
not playing for a football club
and it was about a year and
a half since I had been playing
football. When the opportunity
arose for me to play in Scotland
it was like a dream come true
because from the time I was
a child I dreamt of playing in
Europe.
This kind of opportunity is almost
unheard of because normally
you play in your own country
before getting a transfer to
another country. The first
problem that came my way
was obtaining a work permit.
I actually travelled to Scotland
without the permit while my
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I started to train with Dundee
FC but the news from Argentina
was not good; I would not
be able to get the permit
unless I obtained a European
citizenship and that could take
up to five years! Despite the
odds, I began the paperwork.
It was in Dundee that I met
Juan Sara who is Christian and
also an Argentine. I began
to speak to him about the
problems I was having.
I confessed to him that I was
tired, I could not sleep and
therefore I could not to train
effectively. He started to tell
me about Jesus and the things
that he had done in his life, and
he read Matthew 11:28 to me.
I prayed that night and said
“Lord, if you are really there,
I want to leave everything in
your hands, I am very tired.”

Some days later I returned to
Argentina with very little hope.
After a few weeks, somebody
called me from the Italian
consulate saying that my
citizenship papers were ready
to be picked up! I could not
believe it and immediately
I called Dundee FC to ask if
they still needed a goalkeeper.
They said they still needed a
substitute goalkeeper.
Without hesitating I made
the trip to Scotland and signed
my contract with the club.
In my first year at Dundee FC
I was chosen the best young
player of the year. I signed a
contract with Dundee FC for a
second season and in that year
I was chosen the best player
of the year. I then married
Marina and in my third year
I was transferred to play in the
Premiership in England.

I remember Juan Sara invited
us to Central Baptist Church
and there we got to know
a couple who played a
very important part in our
introduction to the Christian
life. They translated each word
of the service every week to
us and later we did the Alpha
Course in their house. Months
later I gave my life to Christ.

“Lord, if you are
really there,
I want to leave
everything in
your hands,
I am very tired.”

Some will say it was all chance,
but I don‘t think so; on the
contrary, I believe that God
has a plan for my life. There
was one thing I still needed to
do, and here I am ready to do
what Jesus commands us to do:
to be baptized.

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Feature

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Bookreview

DECA

Have you ever made a really major mistake in your finances which really
bothered you? Having lived in Scotland for 43 years, I have to say it really
hurts when I discover that, by not comparing prices, I am £’s worse off!
When that happens, one way I encourage myself is by recalling incidents
like that of the “Beatles” and the Decca Record label.
In 1962, British Decca executive Dick Rowe turned down a chance to
record The Beatles in favour of Brian Poole and the Tremeloes. Dick is
recorded as saying of The Beatles, “We don’t like their sound, and ‘guitar
music’ is on the way out!” Thankfully for Decca, the label survived that
financially catastrophic decision!
Well, I want to introduce you to
another Deca - one spelt slightly
differently and with a very different
emphasis! The word is an acronym
for Dundee Evangelical Christian
Alliance and, hopefully, it is going to
be around Dundee for a long time!
It all started when four Ministers,
all serving churches in downtown
Dundee, started to meet once a
month for coffee over lunch time.
Each brought his own lunch, a hot
drink was provided and the time
was used for fellowship, sharing
of news about each church and
praying for one another.

“It was felt there
should be an official
launching of this
new group and so
we plan to have an
official dedication
service at 7.00pm on
Sunday 21st October
in Central Baptist
Church, Ward Road”

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The most interesting feature
was there were four different
denominations were represented:
Church of Scotland, Elim,
Congregational and Baptist.
The meetings lasted two hours
and were a real blessing to the
four attending.
After a while it was felt that other
Ministers might welcome the
opportunity to share in these
meetings and invitations were
extended to other Ministers and
Ministry Leaders to meet up with
the group.

Today, the group represents
Church Leaders from Church of
Scotland, Free Church, Associated
Presbyterian, Elim, Full Gospel,
Gate Fellowship, Congregational,
Salvation Army, Episcopalian,
Lifegate, Baptist, Independent
Churches and Dundee based
Ministries such as Dundee For Christ,
Urban Impact, UCCF, Scripture
Union, Friends International and
Signpost International.
Over the past six months, the
average attendance has been
around twenty and the format is
reasonably simple! People arrive in
Ward Road around noon to renew
friendships or make new friends.
Everyone brings their own lunch
and the Baptists provide the
non-alcoholic drinks - of course!
Devotions are then led by a
different group member each
month, following which we discuss
any business. After that we share
prayer requests, encouragements
etc and pray for one another,
before departing at 2pm.
Over the months, as the group
gelled, it was felt we should seek
affiliation with the Evangelical
Alliance - whose Constitution every
church leader could agree with and adopt the name DECA.

Dundee
Evangelical
Christian
Alliance

ALL THAT JAZZ
New reading from
Evangelical Alliance
Director Fred Drummond

Also, it was felt there should be an official launching of this new
group and so we plan to have an official dedication service at
7.00pm on Sunday 21st October 2007 in Central Baptist Church,
Ward Road.
Why is this group needed? There are several reasons:
1. It is a genuine effort to contribute to the fulfilment of
Christ’s great prayer for His Church to be one.
2. It unites people who are at one on the evangelical
essentials of the Christian faith and breaks down barriers
of suspicion.
3. In praying for each other’s church or ministry, our vision for
Dundee is inevitably enlarged and, hopefully, Dundee is
blessed.
4. It is hoped that - as, when and where appropriate - we
will unite to bring the Good News of Christ to our city of
Dundee.
5. It will, it is hoped, enable the evangelical voice on moral
and ethical issues to be heard in our multi-cultural and
multi-faith society.
6. T he humour during the meetings is so good everyone leaves
spiritually and psychologically the better for having met!
Here let me assure you that this is not an evangelical clique!
The opportunity to join is extended to all who agree with the
Evangelical Alliance Statement of Belief and are willing to pray
and fellowship with other evangelicals in the city of Dundee.
So, if you would like more information about DECA, please
contact Dundee For Christ who will put you in touch with a
Minister of DECA in your area or denomination.
In closing, we hope you will be able to join us for our official
launch and, maybe even become a regular attender at our
DECA meetings on the second Thursday of every month in
Central Baptist Church, Ward Road, Dundee.
James R Clarke, Chairman.

Fred Drummond’s new book
uses the metaphor of jazz to
contemplate the church’s
future: its pain and thrill; its
improvisation and lack of
predictability.
The church is facing a
sea of change. Internally,
church members are
competing with falling
numbers and lack of
resources. Externally,
the church is being
marginalized and labelled
as an aging institution with
no relevance. What can
be done? How can the
church respond?
Will we sink or swim?
These are questions that
Fred challenges us with.
Taking his lead from the
world of music, he shows
how jazz and its association
with its improvisation
and risk, harmony and
dissidence, can shed light
on these difficult times.
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